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Cinematheque FALL 2007 SCHEDULE for PRESS FALL 2007 SCHEDULE : CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING Date Film Title Series Friday, September 7, 7:30 p.m. Ugetsu Monogatari Mizoguchi Saturday, September 8, 7:30 p.m. To the Stars by Hard Way Russian Sci-Fi Saturday, September 8, 9:40 p.m. First on the Moon Russian Sci-Fi Friday, September 14, 7:30 p.m. Kapurush -O-Mahapurush Ray Saturday, September 15, 7:30 p.m. One Plus One (Sympathy for the Devil) Godard Films Saturday, September 15, 9:20 p.m. Sauve qui peut (la vie) Godard Films Friday, September 21, 7:30 p.m. Street of Shame Mizoguchi Saturday, September 22, 7:30 p.m. The Heavens Call Russian Sci-Fi Saturday, September 22, 9:00 p.m. Planet of Storms Russian Sci-Fi Friday, September 28, 7:30 p.m. Nayak ( The Hero ) Ray Saturday, September 29, 7:30 p.m. Passion Godard Saturday, September 29, 9:10 p.m. Prénom: Carmen Godard Friday, October 5, 7:30 p.m. Sanshô the Bailiff Mizoguchi Saturday, October 6, 7:30 p.m. Aelita Russian Sci-Fi Saturday, October 6, 9:30 p.m. Cosmic Voyage Russian Sci-Fi Friday, October 12, 7:30 p.m. Monihara Ray Saturday, October 13- Sunday, October 14 Selling Democracy Special Event Friday, October 19, 7:30 p.m. The Life of Oharu Mizoguchi Saturday, October 20, 7:30 p.m. Je vous salue, Marie Godard Friday, October 26, 7:30 p.m. Seemabaddha Ray Saturday, October 27, 7:30 p.m. Nouvelle vague Godard Saturday, October 27, 9:10 p.m. Détective Godard Friday, November 2, 7:30 p.m. Jana Aranya Ray Saturday, November 3- Sunday, November 4, Tales from Planet Earth Special Event Friday, November 9, 7:30 p.m. Utamaro and his Five Women Mizoguchi Saturday, November 10, 7:30 p.m. JLG/JLG – auto-portrait de décembre Godard 1 Friday, November 16, 7:30 p.m. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums Mizoguchi Saturday, November 17, 7:30 p.m. Éloge de l'amour Godard Friday, November 30, 7:30 p.m. Sisters of the Gion Mizoguchi Saturday, December 1, 7:30 p.m. Notre musique Godard Friday, December 7 - Sunday, December 9, Polish Film Festival Polish Film Festival Friday, December 14, 7:30 p.m. IFVC Show IFVC Show Saturday, December 15, 7:30 p.m. Histoire(s) Godard du cinema (Parts 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B) Sunday, December 16, 4:00 p.m. Histoire(s) Godard du cinema (Parts 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B) FULL DESCRIPTIONS BY CHRONOLOGY Friday, September 7, 7:30 p.m. Ugetsu Monogatari Japan, 1953, 35mm, b/w, 97 min. In Japanese with English subtitles Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi With Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Sakae Ozawa In sixteenth-century Japan, a potter is seduced by a beautiful woman who turns out to be a phantom. With its beautifully atmospheric, long-shot, long takes and graceful camera movements, Ugetsu is considered by many critics to be one of the greatest Japanese films ever made. Winner of the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Saturday, September 8, 7:30 p.m. To the Stars by Hard Ways (Cherez ternii k zvezdam) USSR, 1981, 35mm. color, 118 min. In Russian with English subtitles Directed by Richard Viktorov With Yelena Metyolkina, Vadim Ledogorov, Uldis Lieldidz Boldly going where no man has gone before, the starship Pushkin finds an abandoned vessel with one surviving crew member, a gynoid who seeks the help of earthlings to restore her severely polluted home planet. After the fall of the USSR the film became a cult hit and was restored by the director's son in 2001. Saturday, September 8, 9:40 p.m. First on the Moon (Pervye na lune) Russia, 2005, 35mm, b/w and color, 76 min. 2 In Russian with English subtitles Directed by Alexei Fedorchenko With Aleksei Anisimov, Viktoriya Ilyinskaya, Viktor Kotov This Russian mockumentary seamlessly mixes authentic and faked archival footage to tell the “secret” story of Russian cosmonauts who beat the U.S. to the moon by 30 years. But Fedorchenko’s debut film also has a dark side, telling the story of heroes who become victims of Stalin-era oppression. Friday, September 14, 7:30 p.m. Kapurush-O-Mahapurush (The Coward and the Holy Man) India, 1965, 35mm, b/w, 139 min. In Bengali with English subtitles Directed by Satyajit Ray With Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Gitali Roy Two classics based on short stories: In Kapurush (The Coward ) a screenwriter meets his former girlfriend, now married to another man. In a series of flashbacks, he remembers their relationship and separation due to his own fear of commitment. Mahapurush (The Holy Man) is a cultural farce about a devout Hindu family that falls victim to a charlatan posing as a holy man. Saturday, September 15, 7:30 p.m. One Plus One (Sympathy for the Devil) France, 1968, 35mm, color, 100 min. In French with English subtitles Directed by Jean-Luc Godard With the Rolling Stones, Anne Wiazemsky, Clifton Jones At the band’s request, Godard agreed to film the Rolling Stones. Footage of the Stones rehearsing “Sympathy for the Devil” is intercut with staged scenes featuring a Black Power group and “Eve Democracy” (Wiazemsky) in Godard’s attempt to demonstrate that even members of rock’n’roll bands are laborers in a Marxist struggle. Saturday, September 15, 9:20 p.m. Sauve qui peut (la vie) France, 1980, 35mm, color, 87 min. In French with English subtitles Directed by Jean-Luc Godard With Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Nathalie Baye The relationship between money and sex is investigated through the entwined stories of a prostitute and a couple in the midst of a break-up. Godard’s first theatrical release since 1971’s Tout va bien, Sauve qui peut (la vie) remains a very experimental work, and demonstrates his mastery of film sound. 3 Friday, September 21, 7:30 p.m. Street of Shame (Akasen chitai) Japan, 1956, 35mm, b/w, 87 min. In Japanese with English subtitles Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi With Machiko Kyô, Aiko Mimasu, Ayako Wakao, Michiyo Kogure Rumors about an impending anti-prostitution law affect the lives of five women working in a Yoshiwara district brothel named Dreamland. Powerful in its indictment of women’s oppression, Mizoguchi’s last film stars an ensemble of Japan’s finest actresses. According to Donald Richie, Street of Shame is “the best of all films examining the problems of women in postwar Japan.” Saturday, September 22, 7:30 p.m. The Heavens Call (Nebo zovet) USSR, 1959, 35mm, color, 80 min. In Russian with English subtitles Directed by Mikhail Karyukov and Aleksandr Kozyr With Ivan Pereverzev, Aleksandr Shvorin, Konstantin Bartashevich This tale of an aborted Mars expedition features spectacular "spacescapes", as well as a prescient depiction of the Earth's orbit as cluttered by manmade satellites. Sound familiar ? Francis Ford Coppola liberally borrowed footage from this Russian Sci-Fi film for his 1963 directorial debut, the Roger Corman production Battle Beyond the Sun. Saturday, September 22, 9:00 p.m Planet of Storms (Planeta Bur) USSR, 1961, 35mm, b/w, 83 min. In Russian with English subtitles Directed by Pavel Klushantev With Vladimir Yemelyanov, Georgi Zhzhyonov, Gennadi Vernov Upon arrival to Venus, cosmonauts find furious volcanoes and sundry prehistoric beasts in Klushantev’s film, based on a novel by the Soviet sci-fi writer Aleksandr Kazantsev. Footage has been recycled in three Corman productions: Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet , Queen of Blood , and Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (the directorial debut of Peter Bogdanovich). Friday, September 28, 7:30 p.m. Nayak (The Hero) India, 1966, 35mm, b/w, 120 min. In Bengali with English subtitles Directed by Satyajit Ray With Uttam Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Bireswar Sen Famous actor Arindam (legendary Bengali actor Uttam Kumar) is forced to travel by train from Calcutta to New Delhi for an award ceremony. Aditi, a young journalist, 4 interrogates him on the way, causing Arindam to re-examine his life through a series of flashbacks and dreams. This thoughtful character study based on Ray’s own screenplay won the 1966 Special Jury Award in Berlin. Saturday, September 29, 7:30 p.m. Passion France, 1982, 35mm, color, 88 min. In French with English subtitles Directed by Jean-Luc Godard With Isabelle Huppert, Hanna Schygulla, Jerzy Radziwilowicz Flanked by an array of international art cinema heavies, Radziwilowicz plays a film director desperately trying to finish his film, each shot of which is a reproduction of a painting masterwork. Raoul Coutard won the 1982 Technical Grand Prize at Cannes for his cinematography. Saturday, September 29, 9:10 p.m. Prénom: Carmen France, 1983, 35mm, color, 85 min. In French with English subtitles Directed by Jean-Luc Godard With Maruschka Detmers, Jacques Bonnaffé, Myriem Roussel Footage of the Quatuor Prat ensemble rehearsing Beethoven (not Bizet) is inserted into this cops-and-robbers story of the relationship between a policeman, Joseph, and his prey, Carmen, who pulls a bank heist with a group of terrorists. Dubbed a “Western” by Godard, Prénom: Carmen won the Golden Lion for Best Film at 1983’s Venice Film Festival. Friday, October 5, 7:30 p.m. Sanshô the Bailiff (Sanshô dayû) Japan, 1954, 35mm, b/w, 123 min. In Japanese with English subtitles Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi With Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayaki, Kyôko Kagawa In eleventh-century Japan, a family disperses after the father is exiled by a cruel governor. The mother (the legendary Kinuyo Tanaka) is sold as a courtesan, and the children are sent to a remote province as slaves.
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